THE BUSH FIRES.
TWO FATALITIES IN VICTORIA. (Per Press Association —Copyright.) MELBOURNE, January 13. Bush fires raged throughout the State the whole day, causing enormous damage, hut with the exception of Gippsland, where they are still burning a cool change assisted: the fire-fighters to control the outbreaks. So far one fatality is reported. A volunteer fire-fighter named Barton colalpsed and died in the Violet town district. The outbreaks in the Mallee were followed by a hurricane, which uprooted trees and demolished houses, adding to the already heavy damage. A boy named Heley was riding with his father in ia motor-truck when the hurricane blew the truck off the road, fatally impaling the boy, who was aged 14, on a nearby fence.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 80, 14 January 1928, Page 5
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